Overview
- Officers responded around 2:44 a.m. to a security alarm at Starling Chevrolet on U.S. 192 in St. Cloud.
- Police say they found a vehicle break-in, chased a suspect over a fence toward a nearby Wawa, and located him hiding in brush.
- According to the department, the suspect ignored commands and drew a handgun, and two officers fired; neither officer was injured.
- Emergency crews treated the man at the scene and took him to St. Cloud Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; he is described as an Orlando man in his 20s whose identity is being withheld pending next-of-kin notification.
- Authorities say the man had 17 felony arrests and 8 misdemeanors on his record; the two officers are on paid administrative leave as FDLE leads an independent investigation, and the State Attorney’s Office responded to the scene.